Match Centre

Saturday December 21st, 1957

Football League Division Three (South)

Newport County

4 - 1

4

H. Harris (41'), P. Terry (63', 86'), A. Sherwood (66' pen)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

J. Skull (65')
H. Harris (41'), P. Terry (63', 86'), A. Sherwood (66' pen)
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 8,000

J. Skull (65')
C.H. Sant
Somerton Park, Newport

Lineups


1
HUGHES
2
HOLLYMAN
3
SHERWOOD
4
GRAHAM
5
WILCOX
6
THOMAS
7
DIXON
8
McSEVENEY
9
TERRY
10
HARRIS
11
BROWN
1
BURTON
2
NEAL
3
LEE
4
CLAYTON
5
HUDSON
6
OWEN
7
SKULL
8
MOORE
9
ROOST
10
EDWARDS
11
DARCY
Newport County
1Iorrie HUGHES
2Ken HOLLYMAN
3Alf SHERWOOD
4Les GRAHAM
5Ray WILCOX
6George THOMAS
7Cecil DIXON
8John McSEVENEY
9Pat TERRY
10Harry HARRIS
11Gordon BROWN
Manager/Head Coach
Billy LUCAS
Swindon Town
1Sam BURTON1
2Johnny NEAL2
3Jimmy LEE3
4Lew CLAYTON4
5Garth HUDSON5
6Maurice OWEN6
7Johnny SKULL7
8Alan MOORE8
9Bill ROOST9
10Bob EDWARDS10
11Arnold DARCY11
Manager/Head Coach
Bert HEAD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three (South) results on Saturday December 21st, 1957:

Brentford Brentford 1-1 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 5-2 Gillingham Gillingham
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 0-3 Norwich City Norwich City
Newport County Newport County 4-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Northampton Town Northampton Town 3-0 Walsall Walsall
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 2-2 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Port Vale Port Vale 6-1 Aldershot Aldershot
Reading Reading 3-1 Coventry City Coventry City
Southampton Southampton 3-2 Millwall Millwall
Southend United Southend United 2-0 Exeter City Exeter City
Torquay United Torquay United 1-3 Colchester United Colchester United
Watford Watford 1-1 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth

Table


Football League Division Three (South) table after matches on Saturday December 21st, 1957:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 22 7 2 3 30 18 7 0 3 20 18 14 2 6 50 36 1.39 30
2 Swindon Town Swindon 24 8 3 0 26 6 3 4 6 17 23 11 7 6 43 29 1.48 29
3 Norwich City Norwich City 23 6 4 1 20 13 4 5 3 21 23 10 9 4 41 36 1.14 29
4 Port Vale Port Vale 22 8 3 0 30 8 3 2 6 11 13 11 5 6 41 21 1.95 27
5 Reading Reading 22 7 3 2 26 10 3 4 3 13 12 10 7 5 39 22 1.77 27
6 Brentford Brentford 22 6 4 1 22 11 5 1 5 18 18 11 5 6 40 29 1.38 27
7 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 23 10 2 0 26 8 2 0 9 6 20 12 2 9 32 28 1.14 26
8 Newport County Newport County 22 6 4 1 19 10 3 4 4 16 21 9 8 5 35 31 1.13 26
9 Southampton Southampton 23 9 1 3 45 19 1 4 5 8 20 10 5 8 53 39 1.36 25
10 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 23 6 3 3 14 13 3 4 4 14 20 9 7 7 28 33 0.85 25
11 Colchester United Colchester United 24 6 2 2 17 10 3 5 6 20 35 9 7 8 37 45 0.82 25
12 Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R. 22 8 2 1 19 4 2 2 7 12 28 10 4 8 31 32 0.97 24
13 Southend United Southend United 22 6 3 3 32 16 3 2 5 14 11 9 5 8 46 27 1.70 23
14 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bournemouth 21 7 2 1 22 9 2 2 7 15 28 9 4 8 37 37 1 22
15 Watford Watford 24 5 5 3 21 16 1 5 5 10 16 6 10 8 31 32 0.97 22
16 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 22 5 3 3 22 14 2 3 6 9 22 7 6 9 31 36 0.86 20
17 Millwall Millwall 22 4 3 4 22 15 4 0 7 13 22 8 3 11 35 37 0.95 19
18 Northampton Town Northampton Town 23 5 1 5 24 18 2 3 7 10 25 7 4 12 34 43 0.79 18
19 Aldershot Aldershot 22 3 1 6 11 14 3 3 6 15 29 6 4 12 26 43 0.60 16
20 Coventry City Coventry City 20 5 2 3 15 13 1 2 7 7 24 6 4 10 22 37 0.59 16
21 Walsall Walsall 20 4 3 3 15 13 1 2 7 10 22 5 5 10 25 35 0.71 15
22 Gillingham Gillingham 21 5 2 3 13 9 1 1 9 10 27 6 3 12 23 36 0.64 15
23 Torquay United Torquay United 22 4 4 3 15 16 0 3 8 5 17 4 7 11 20 33 0.61 15
24 Exeter City Exeter City 23 4 2 5 16 20 0 3 9 9 28 4 5 14 25 48 0.52 13

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